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Abusing power not a crime: Donald Trump fights back impeachment charges

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said that the Republican led chamber could start an impeachment trial of Trump, a fellow Republican, next month

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On the day Democrats proposed two articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump, the president and his courtiers laid down a fresh fog to obscure the evidence that incriminates him. Trump also issued a mocking defense of his conduct at a rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Tuesday night — arguing that the charges that he abused power and obstructed Congress are “not even a crime.” “Everyone said this is impeachment-lite. This is the lightest impeachment in the history of our country, by far. It's not even like an impeachment,”  Trump said.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said